IMPRESSIVE SCENE
BUGLERS STOP TRAFFIC
(By 'telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND;. This Day. The strains of the "Last Post" sounded by ten buglers brought city traffic to a standstill this morning in the most impressive Armistice Day observance in Auckland for niany years. Hitherto it has been customary for the two-minute silence to be indicated by firing a gun at the Naval Base, but in rough weather arid the . ditv of traffic ths gun is often not heard. : ;
Today buglers stood at. intersections throughout the city streets and as the town clock struck eleveiv they: sounded the "Last Post." Two minutes later one long blast set traffic in motion. Citizens responded impressively. ■■■:-.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 115, 11 November 1935, Page 10
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IMPRESSIVE SCENE
Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 115, 11 November 1935, Page 10
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